13-letter words containing p, u, t, s, c
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crepe suzette — an orange-flavoured pancake flambéed in a liqueur or brandy
- cross product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
- cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- disceptatious — disputable
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- incorruptness — The state of being incorrupt.
- insusceptible — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracapsular — Within a capsule.
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- kick upstairs — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- mass spectrum — a spectrum of charged particles, arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.